Standard selection filters is not that good when revolving or extruding.
Standard selection filters is not that good when revolving or extruding.
(OP)
Hi
So i make this sketch and select the lines, I do use the select single line cause i only want to revolve certain parts of the sketch.
However the selection filter is set to none by standard. That means even the lines of the dimensional sign is possible to select, and that prevents me from selecting the line behind that I want to select. Who wants to revolve the dimensional sign anyway? Can I turn this off?
By dimensional sign I mean the thing that assigns the length or the angle in the sketch.
So i make this sketch and select the lines, I do use the select single line cause i only want to revolve certain parts of the sketch.
However the selection filter is set to none by standard. That means even the lines of the dimensional sign is possible to select, and that prevents me from selecting the line behind that I want to select. Who wants to revolve the dimensional sign anyway? Can I turn this off?
By dimensional sign I mean the thing that assigns the length or the angle in the sketch.





RE: Standard selection filters is not that good when revolving or extruding.
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Digital Factory
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: Standard selection filters is not that good when revolving or extruding.
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Digital Factory
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: Standard selection filters is not that good when revolving or extruding.
RE: Standard selection filters is not that good when revolving or extruding.
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Digital Factory
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: Standard selection filters is not that good when revolving or extruding.
RE: Standard selection filters is not that good when revolving or extruding.
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Digital Factory
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: Standard selection filters is not that good when revolving or extruding.
- use the quick pick list to specify the desired curve
- change your selection filter to "curve"
Or, my personal preference:- only sketch the geometry that you want to revolve or extrude, then use the "feature curve" selection rule
If you have any construction geometry in the sketch, specify it as "reference". Any reference geometry in the sketch will be ignored for operations such as revolve, extrude, sweep, etc. When you later edit the sketch and add new geometry, it will automatically be picked up by the "feature curve" rule; no need to edit the extrude to select the new curves that were added. Other sketches can reference geometry in this sketch if needed.www.nxjournaling.com
RE: Standard selection filters is not that good when revolving or extruding.
Tim Flater
NX Designer
NX 9.0.3.4 Win7 Pro x64 SP1
Intel Xeon 2.53 GHz 6GB RAM
NVIDIA Quadro 4000 2GB
RE: Standard selection filters is not that good when revolving or extruding.
RE: Standard selection filters is not that good when revolving or extruding.
RE: Standard selection filters is not that good when revolving or extruding.
The only real solution is to change your selection filter to "curve" since it's often useful to make several features out of a single sketch.
Is it possible to change the default setting for this?
RE: Standard selection filters is not that good when revolving or extruding.
@Toost yse I do exit the sketch.
I know that there are workarounds for the problem I have, such as selecting "curve" in the selection filter. But in 96 percent of the cases that is what you want to while revolving etc. So why not set that as a standard anyway? Problem right now is that I have to select the "curve" filter every time I want to feature.
RE: Standard selection filters is not that good when revolving or extruding.
Yes you can change the default behavior. Go into your Customer Defaults. Go to Modeling - Selection Intent Rules. Here you can select what the default behavior will be when you start a creation command. Revolve is under Design Feature. Select what you want it to be from the dropdown menu.
Mike